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RAdams · 02-22-2010, 04:13 PM

I think a lot of people don't realize how little time they are actually saving by speeding.

I got really frustrated one morning when I was in the right lane and (once again) the only car that slowed down for the school zone. Some people would completely freak out over that - even honk & flip me off; others just tailgated. If we were in the middle of nowhere that would be one thing, but every day there are elementary school kids at the curb milling around this intersection.

So for grins I made this little Excel spreadsheet to find out how much I was "inconveniencing" everyone. The zone is about 1/16 of a mile long (I used 1/8 mile to account for deceleration & acceleration), speed limit in the school zone is 25, but people don't want to slow down from 40 MPH. They were losing their minds over an entire 6 seconds.

I was surprised at the difference so I started comparing the speed limits and my usual speed and saw I was only knocking off less than 2 minutes on my trip to work and 6 minutes when I drove across state. Speeding just didn't really seem all that important or productive after I saw that.

If you want to play around with the spreadsheet, just fill in the 3 items highlighted in yellow: distance, speed limit, speed #2.

02-22-2010, 04:13 PM	#61
RAdams Car Guy Drives: '08 Mustang GT, '01 Isuzu VehiCROSS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 441	I think a lot of people don't realize how little time they are actually saving by speeding. I got really frustrated one morning when I was in the *right lane* and (once again) the only car that slowed down for the school zone. Some people would completely freak out over that - even honk & flip me off; others just tailgated. If we were in the middle of nowhere that would be one thing, but every day there are elementary school kids at the curb milling around this intersection. So for grins I made this little Excel spreadsheet to find out how much I was "inconveniencing" everyone. The zone is about 1/16 of a mile long (I used 1/8 mile to account for deceleration & acceleration), speed limit in the school zone is 25, but people don't want to slow down from 40 MPH. They were losing their minds over an entire 6 seconds. I was surprised at the difference so I started comparing the speed limits and my usual speed and saw I was only knocking off less than 2 minutes on my trip to work and 6 minutes when I drove across state. Speeding just didn't really seem all that important or productive after I saw that. If you want to play around with the spreadsheet, just fill in the 3 items highlighted in yellow: distance, speed limit, speed #2.